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THE 15th AUGUST QUIZ
MR.IQ SESSION 3AYAN
JAI HIND !!
LETS BEGIN WITH THE QUESTIONS
•8.30 am Swearing in of governor general and ministers atGovernment House•9.40 am Procession of ministers to Constituent Assembly•9.50 am State drive to Constituent Assembly•9.55 am Royal salute to governor general•10.30 am Hoisting of national flag at Constituent Assembly•10.35 am State drive to Government House•6.00 pm Flag ceremony at India Gate•7.00 pm Illuminations•7.45 pm Fireworks display•8.45 pm Official dinner at Government House•10.15 pm Reception at Government House
•What is the significance of the above schedule ?
#1
THE SCHEDULE ON 15TH AUGUST 1947
•X is a bestselling Indian author of the thriller fiction genre and all his books have been based on mythological, theological and historical theme.
•X has been hailed by book enthusiasts as India’s Dan Brown.
•His first book Y and third book Z have been critically acclaimed as the Indian version of the bestselling books The Da-Vinci Code and The Lost Symbol respectively.
•X published his first book Y under a pen name, X’ which incidentally is an anagram of X itself.
•His second book ,released in 2010, won the Vodafone Crossword Popular Choice Award.
•In July 2011, UTV Software Communications bagged the movie rights for this novel.
•IDENTIFY X’, Y, Z .
#2
X’= Shawn Haigins Y= Rozabal Line Z= The Krishna Key
Operation Surya Hope
#4•If all goes according to the plans, by 2016, Mayapur, the head quarter of the religious cult group ISKCON , will feature on the must visit list of tourists and devotees as it is set to boast the biggest Vedic Temple of the world.
•Named Chandrodaya Mandir, it will be 340 feet high and bigger than Hagia Sophia of Istanbul.
•The first phase of the temple is being built by or rather financed by one single individual.
•Name the person
Alfred Ford
#5X, “a decent young man from the slums of Kolkata”, was recently in the spotlight of the international media for an important international event. X held the post of Y, and after successfully performing his duty, he was disgracefully deported back to Kolkata citing VISA problems.
Identify X and what was his post Y ?
X= Badar Azim Y=Royal Footman
•Kuttanadu is a region in the Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta and Kottayam Districts,Kerala.
•It is one of the few places in the world where farming is carried out below sea level.
•In old days, Kuttanad was part of a dense forest, later destroyed by a forest fire ,which is also mentioned in the Mahabharata. Thus came the place name Chuttanad or the burnt place. In course of time Chuttanad became Kuttanad.
•It is also said that Kuttanad was once under the sea and the proof is that the land is flourished with seashells.
•What is the significance of this place in context to Indian?
#6
Lowest Geographical Point of India
#7
Name the animal in the above doodle.
Markhor (National Animal of Pakistan)
#8
XIdentify X.
Indian Rupee
Born: 3 February 1963
Nationality: American
Alma mater: IIT Delhi (B.Tech.)IIM Ahmedabad (MBA)MIT (PhD)
Awards:2003 Fischer Black Prize2010 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award
Serves As: Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago
WHOSE PROFILE IS THIS ?
#9
Raghuram Rajan
#10•The term X was originally used to refer to a place of assembly and was then altered to denote a place where skill based competitions took place.
•X is an Anglo-Indian expression and is derived from the Hindi-Urdu word “Jamatkhana”.
•During the British Raj, the term X club was coined to refer to the Gentleman’s Club.
•In English speaking countries, X refers to a multi game equestrian event performed to display the training and talent of horses and their riders.
•What is X ?
Gymkhana
#11These are the SEAL and FLAG of which Indian State ?
Jammu and Kashmir
•Out of the 17 zones in which the Indian Railways is divided, the city of Kolkata is the headquarter of 3 zones, incidentally the most among the other zonal headquarters.
•One of them is the Eastern Railway (ER) and the second is the South Eastern Railway (SER).
•Identify the third zone.
#12
Kolkata Metro
#13•X is a long coat like garment worn in South Asia.
•X originated as a fusion of the Shalwar Kameex and the British frock coat.
•X is associated traditionally with Muslim aristrocracy and later the Rajputs adopted it too.
•It is notable as Pakistan’s national dress.
•Designer Rohit Bal designed X for the British Airways cabin crews serving South Asia.
•What is X ?
Sherwani
#14
• India's largest X, ‘Y' became operational at the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) last Saturday.
• Built at an expenditure of nearly Rs 1,600 crore, Y has a useful volume of 4,060 cubic metres.
•It is expected to increase SAIL's hot metal production capacity by 2.5 million tonnes per annum.
•What are X and Y ?
#15
X= Blast Furnace Y= Durga
#16Captured by the crew members of the EXPEDITION 28 of International Space Station, what does the continuous orange line in this breath taking image depict ?
Indo-Pak Border
#17•X, a 1976 batch Bihar cadre IAS was appointed as Y on the 22nd of May 2013.
•The nomination for the post of Y is done directly by the Prime Minister of the country.
•X was the former Defence Secretary of the country.
•Lawyer Prashant Bhushan questioned the selection of X saying that there was a conflict of interest in his appointment as Y.
•Identify X and Y.
X= Shashi Kant Sharma Y= CAG
#18
Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)
Connect:
•Saket•Gangadwára•Avanti•Braj•Kanchipuram•Kashi•Dwarka
#19
Sapta Puri (7 Holiest Hindu Tirtha)
• Ayodhya• Haridwar• Ujjain• Mathura• Kanchipuram• Varanasi• Dwarka
#20X is a 1963 British film directed by Mark Robson, based on a 1962 book by Stanley Wolpert of the same name. The movie was filmed in England and parts of India. X is a fictional narrative set in the nine hours in the life of Y that leads to the assassination of Z. The flashback recall’s Y’s troubled life, his problems with his family and community and his involvement with two women.The plot also depicts a police officer trying to locate the killer before it is too late.
Identify X,Y,Z.
X= Nine Hours to Rama Y= Nathuram Godse Z= Mahatma Gandhi
LONG VISUAL CONNECT
5 QUESTIONS, 1 GRAND CONNECT
•Scotland of the East.
•Rock Capital of India.
#1
Shillong
• Referred to by Mahatma Gandhi as the "Evergreen city of India“
•The city is ranked as the best city in India for Housing and Transport by a survey conducted by India Today
•The city was made the capital of Travancore in 1745 after shifting the capital from Padmanabhapuram in Kanyakumari district
#2 (+10/-6)
Thiruvanantapuram
Present name derived from the name given to the city by Emperor Akbar which literally means “Garden of the Lord”
#3 (+8/-4)
Allahabad
•The foundation stone of the city was laid on 15 December 1911.• •The new city was christened _______ in 1927,and subsequently inaugurated on 13 February 1931, by British India's Viceroy Lord Irwin.
•________ is home to three UNESCO World Heritage Sites
•The World Cities Study Group at Loughborough University rated __________ as an "alpha- world city"
#5 (+6/-4)
New Delhi
#4 (+4/0)
Gandhinagar
Indian Air Commands